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Details of St. Mary’s Abbey, Tewkesbury, England


Grove Organ

Organ History
1885Built by Michell & Thynne
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
455---

Milton Organ (1737)

Organ History
1637Built by Thomas Harris
1690Renovated by Renatus Harris
1737Moved to Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, England
Status
Unknown
Sources
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 733
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
21313--

Great
1.Diapason  
2.Stopped Diapason  
3.Principal  
4.Cedirne  
5.Great Twelfth  
6.Fifteenth  
7.FurnitureIII 
8.CymbalII 
Choir
9.Stopped Diapason  
10.Principal  
11.Flute  
12.Nason  
13.Fifteenth  

Milton Organ (1848)

Organ History
1848Rebuilt & enlarged by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 733
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
220203T

I. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.Open Diapason I8' 
2.Open Diapason II8' 
3.Stopped Diapason8' 
4.Clarabella8' 
5.Dulciana8' 
6.Principal4' 
7.Twelfth2 2/3' 
8.Fifteenth4' 
9.Sesquialtera  
10.Mixture  
11.Trumpet8' 
12.Clarion4' 
13.Cremona8' 
iSwell to Great  
II. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
14.Open Diapason8' 
15.Stopped Diapason8' 
16.Principal4' 
17.Fifteenth2' 
18.SesquialteraIII (1 3/5') 
19.Trumpet prepared  
20.Hautboy8' 
Pedal (Tracker CCC-e 29 notes)
21.Double Open Diapason16' 
22.Double Trumpet16' 
iiSwell to Pedal  
iiiGreat to Pedal  



List of Organists
1737-67James Cleavely
1767-98James Edward Chandler
1847-57Nathaniel Chandler White (1818-1869)
1847-57Nathaniel White Chandler
1857Thomas Vale (1832-1916)
1857-58Jabez Jones
1858-61R. M. Ellis
1861-67Edward Gillman
1867-78James Thomeloe Horniblow (1819-1883)
1878-80Henry Rogers (1853-1931)
1881-91D. Hemingway (1855-1896)
1891-1900S. Bath (1862-1953)
Claude W. Parnell (1872-1941)
1900-10Alfred W. V. Vine (1876-1947)
1910-43Percy Baker (1880-1975)
1943-44Michael Howard (1922-2002)
1944-66Huskisson Stubington (1897-1971)
1966-85Michael Peterson
1985-96John Belcher
1996-Carleton Etherington (1966-)

List of Assistant Organists
Percy Baker (1880-1975)
1910-12Leonard William Tracy Arkell (1892-1972)

List of Organ Scholars
Edward Turner